Song Hau Thermal Power Plant

The Song Hau Thermal Power Plant is a $1.5 billion 1,200 megawatt power station in Hau Giang province.

The project is being developed by Vietnam's state oil and gas group Petrovietnam and financed by the Japan International Cooperation Agency. (JICA)

A February 2011 news report states that JICA and Vietnam's Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop the Song Hau 1 power project "and other related infrastructure including an imported coal port, a power transmission line and power transformer stations." The report stated that "under the MoU, both sides will study a plan to implement the project and choose the most appropriate public-private partnership scheme. JICA will also set up a research group and submit the final report on the project to the MoIT in July, this year. The report will help Vietnam and JICA in considering the method for the implementation of the project, ODA capital arrangement and the development of other related infrastructure." It also stated that EVN would be "investing in the construction of the coal port and power transmission line respectively."

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